Bought "End of Love" based on the band name alone, but at first couldn't handle Eef's warblings. But thanks to the wonders of the IPod shuffle I later overcame my initial issues and discovered some great music.

"I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"
or
"Up to Me" (Blood on the Tracks outtake, I believe)

Calexico & Iron and Wine
I've found it odd that (while I respect them) I don't have much interest in listening to either Calexico or Iron and Wine (Sam Beam) individually for various reasons, but when they collobarate it generally appeals to me. In the Reins in particular remains quite high in my playlist.

While Animals has always been a favorite, I developed a strong preference for their middle period stuff although I do enjoy the Syd period as well.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I really think Space Opera, like the similarly-themed, Showboat World are some of his more minor works. I would agree that a good place to start is with some of the more well-recognized, award winning works, which generally have more distinct political or cultural themes, like Last…

My guilt here is associated with the fact that I used to play the hell out of this album (along with the rest of the Dylan catalogue through the late 80s) when I was in highschool. There's some damn good truly classic music in there that I abandoned wholesale when I dumped everything that was "classic rock" in my…

I know its not a popular opinion
… but I have a soft spot for this band. Although they were ofttimes extremely overwrought and somewhat pretentious, some of their early stuff is quite good. And I defy anyone to really listen to some of those early instrumentals and tell me that the flute can't be used in rock and…

Dylan Moderates
I understand your characterization of the two extreme camps of the dylan fan, but I think there are a good number of us that fall inbetween. There are a surely good number who are well versed in the Dylan catalogue for whatever reason and who are somewhat critical of the man, his work, and his myth…